Prof Ora Paltiel (Senior Hematologist, Hadassah; Professor of Epidemiology, Braun School of Public Health, Hadassah / Hebrew University)
She graduated BSc from University of Toronto; and MD MSc. from McGill University, where she trained in Internal Medicine, Haematology and Oncology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Her main research focus is Cancer Epidemiology.
During the Covid crisis she has focused on international policy comparisons, the collateral damage of these policies for patients with acute non-Covid-related conditions, and the role of children and school closures in the pandemic.
The objectives of her talk are to learn about the epidemiology of the first, second and third waves of SARS-Cov2 infection in Israel; and to relate aspects of Israel’s epidemic to the country’s demographic and health.
You can watch a recording of the event here.